Two male persons were killed and five others injured in a road accident at Mirzapur point on the Rangpur-Dhaka highway under Mithapukur upazila of the district on Friday.
"The accident occurred when a Rangpur-bound passenger coach from Dhaka and a Dhaka-bound truck from Rangpur collided head-on at the spot, killing two persons and injuring five others at 5:30 am," Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Barodorga Highway police station Shahjahan Ali said.
Being informed, fire service personnel from Mithapukur Fire Service and Civil Defense Station and police personnel from Barodorga Highway police station rushed to the spot and recovered two bodies. They also rescued five injured persons and salvaged the badly damaged passenger bus and truck.
The injured persons were sent to Mithapukur Upazila Health Complex and Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
"Identities of the two deceased male persons aged around 38 and 52 years could not be known immediately," the OC said, adding that a case was filed in this connection.
